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minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoI am under the impression that’s coal. Oil is from sea life. Though I did read that in the 80s so entirely possible its nonsense.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoYes and no. They’re both hydrocarbons. Coal is organic matter from dry land, so typically plants. Oil is from organic matter that fell to the ocean floor, so microbial life, algae and the like. But both are from and end up as the same types of organic molecules. Carbon and hydrogen.
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minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 years agoCan Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea? Please?
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 years agoYes. A lot of such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
minus-squaregrandkaiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoNah, coal is plant matter too.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoTrees from before anything existed that could break down wood
minus-squarePiemanding@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoI guess algae and bacteria are close to plants.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoHow close? Like cousins or Alabama cousins?
minus-squarePiemanding@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoLouisiana cousins I believe.
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNot really, especially in this science sub
I am under the impression that’s coal.
Oil is from sea life. Though I did read that in the 80s so entirely possible its nonsense.
Yes and no. They’re both hydrocarbons.
Coal is organic matter from dry land, so typically plants.
Oil is from organic matter that fell to the ocean floor, so microbial life, algae and the like.
But both are from and end up as the same types of organic molecules. Carbon and hydrogen.
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Can Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea?
Please?
Yes. A lot of such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
Nah, coal is plant matter too.
Trees from before anything existed that could break down wood
Yeah, that’s what I said!
I guess algae and bacteria are close to plants.
How close? Like cousins or Alabama cousins?
Louisiana cousins I believe.
Not really, especially in this science sub